Colombia Travel Photo Diary: Cartagena & Playa Blanca

This is a guest post by Di Michelle, a digital marketer and world traveller currently exploring South America, and blogging about it on her travel blog ‘Slight North’. Over the next few months she will be sharing photographic tales of her Colombian travels with the Colombia Travel Blog through here travel photo diaries. Next up on Di’s Colombia travel itinerary: the vibrant city of Cartagena and picture-postcard beaches of Playa Blanca…vamos!

No worries in Cartagena…

Cartagena is one of the top destinations in Colombia, and for good reason. the colourful town, vibrant nightlife, and pristine beaches make it a must visit destination for anyone travelling through the country. when my best friends came to visit, i knew it couldn’t be missed. we spent a blissful weekend wandering the cobbled streets of the walled town, soaking up the sun on the Caribbean islands just off the coast, and of course, enjoying the abundance of seafood the culinary scene has to offer. if you want to read more about our experience and our flights, restaurant, and hotel recommendations, visit my post here: “A Weekend in Cartagena: The Perfect Town.” So far, Cartagena may just be my favourite city in Colombia. What do you think?

Wandering the streets of the old neighborhood of Getsemani

Relax with a hammock and a coco loco in your hand

The Caribbean sea from Playa Blanca

Sun worshippers welcome here!

Lazy days on Isla Baru

No caption necessary…

Carefree days wandering the streets of colorful Cartagena

Colourful Getsemani

The colours of Colombia

Exploring the streets of the Old Town

Make sure you stop and enjoy the Ceviche that Cartagena is famous for!

Hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as I enjoyed exploring Cartagena and Playa Blanca! See you on my next Colombia Travel Photo Diary…

I'm Chris and I'm the Colombia Travel Blog's resident Colombia travel expert and our editor. In nearly 4 years in the country, I have visited 31 of Colombia's 32 departments, and that last 1 is on the way! Colombia has been my home for years and I'm still not bored of exploring its diversity and magic, and getting to know its wonderful people. You can follow more of my adventures on Facebook @ChrisBellTravel and Instagram @ChrisBellColombia More posts from Chris

4 thoughts on “Colombia Travel Photo Diary: Cartagena & Playa Blanca”

Your website is really good and so useful to help with our trip we have…. I would love your advice as we are planning a trip this December with 2 young kids and we were thinking of spending a week on Provedencia at the end. Do you you think this may be too long? We like to relax on a nice beach and go to simple restaurants etc.. in the evening. A slower cartegana would be great. We are staying there too but I heard only a few days there is enough. I would appreciate any thoughts. Being with young children makes it harder to get to some of the more remote places in Colombia.

If beaches and slow-paced lifestyle are your thing then I couldn’t recommend Providencia more highly. People who are looking for more action or nightlife might get bored in a week, but with two kids I’m sure you’d have an amazing week: there are some great restaurants and lovely beaches, and you can hire boats or go hiking and snorkelling. It would make a great end to your trip 🙂